Father of the legendary cartoon character Cape Savino, settled in Bariloche Casalla fifty years ago.Smart and warm, was the last in his stories in a rigorous manner.The Great Lake, one of his last works, was selected by UNESCO as a reference against discrimination.

He was a brave officer who toured the area of ​​the forts, unraveling adventures mounted on a skinny horse and pressing a husk cigarette between his lips. Cape Savino was, for many Argentines an endearing main character cartoon comic no longer in the country thirty-three years he was in the role, always in the hands of Charles "Sparrow" Casalla, its creator. "At that time it was fashionable a character, Sergeant Kirk, created by Italian Hugo Pratt - starts saying Casalla -. Had to make a story more local, more ours.

What better place than a civilian environment, why not a loser. So he invented an anti-hero, The Cape Savino ".The cartoon, born in 1954, tried to reflect the time before it was called The Conquest of the Desert; decade it was from 1860-1870. Times were virtual confrontation between Indians and military pampas online. Savino was a disheveled looking fortinero, incisive look and few words, which he had to star in repeated acts of heroism in chapters that had some epic trivial and time. In thirty-three years of service did not receive a single promotion. It was the publisher Columba, who rescued him from the daily diary and moved it to the pages of the magazine Tony.So important was the strip under the direction of filmmaker Juan Carlos Abate, in 1989 was made into a film. It was filming an episode that became known as The Train, and performed by Miguel Ruiz Diaz, Aldo Barbero, Haydée Padilla and the late Arturo Maly. Differences of opinion between the director and cartoonist wrecked the project, which was originally intended for distribution in the video rental circuit and would in several chapters.

La Cuesta de Miranda is a beautiful, winding stretch in which National Route 40 runs through the pass between the Sierras de Famatina Sañogasta and Chilecito between Villa Union and La Rioja.

Cuesta also known as "the" Miranda, this stretch of Route 40 naughty step, broken (or "costs") that cuts through the Sierra de Famatina (north) and those of Sañogasta (south) following after the deep valley of the river Miranda. Is not entirely asphalt.

The cost is one of the few steps passable in this area and is the only tour of a road, which connects the Valley of Chili, Famatina and even Arauco, with Cuyo.

Une Chilecito localities (north) with Villa Union (south).

It is a spectacular tourist attraction, with a landscape stained varying shades of red and vermilion intense in a way that sways between the mountains and the deep canyon of the river, which is seen there, very down.

The road at the climax of the tour is the cornice, with exciting curves and cliffs that continue the physiognomy of Talampaya.

While you can visit all year round, remember that in winter it can snow and very cold, while summer rains are possible. Asking in Villa Union Chilecito or road conditions.

1.- Mordillo's world. Son of Spanish parents, his childhood was spent in Villa Pueyrredón (Buenos Aires) where he had a precocious interest in drawing. In 1948 he was certified as Illustrator at the School of Journalism. Two years later part of the studio's animation team bruche Burone while doing illustrations for children's stories (Perrault's Tales, Tales of Schmid, The Bremen Town Musicians and The Three Little Pigs) edited by Codex. For 1952 Mordillo Galas Studies co-founded, dedicated to the production of animations. Meanwhile, still developing his career as an illustrator and publishing some strips in local magazines.

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People come from all over the world to see what is perhaps Argentina’s star natural attraction: the mighty Iguazú Falls. Made up of some 275 individual waterfalls and cascades, the park in which they’re located has an amazingly comprehensive and well-maintained set of catwalks that allow you get right up close and personal with the vast sprays of water.At the heart of the site is a semicircular waterfall called ‘the Devil’s Throat.’ These falls are 80 meters high and a massive 2,700 meters in diameter, and because of the excellent catwalks, you can stand right over their edge in perfect safety.

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The Andes mountain range shows its beauty in the Patagonian provinces. Millennial silent forests with native vegetable species are extended along the shores of glistening waters. On top of the mountains, nature overflows with granite peaks and ice fields spreading their glacier tongues into lakes of unsurpassable beauty. Imposing mammals and sea birds, half-way between real life and fantasy, spend certain seasons on the rough coasts of Patagonia where they complete part of their life cycle. Seals colonies play on the islets and sandbanks.

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7.- From Uritorco water flows down, many in underground, coming to form springs. The Uritorco is a hill of 1949 m in the center of Argentina, located in the north Punilla Valley, close to Capilla del Monte, in the province of Cordoba , accessible routes provincial RN 38 and 17. Its summit is the highest point of the Sierras Chicas, formerly called Viarava. It is considered the sixth Córdoba Natural Wonder.

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The Carnival of Humahuaca is a popular celebration, held at the beginning of Lent (40 days before Easter), in the area of the Quebrada de Humahuaca, Province of Jujuy , Argentina. Introduced by the Spanish in America merged with Carnival native rituals intended to celebrate the fertility of the earth and honor the deity of Mother Earth, Pachamama, for goods received. This is a short version of the festival adapted Kapaj Peruvian Inti Rami, which began in December and ended in March, where they drank, sang, ate and danced to the limit.

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Popular festivals are part of the intangible heritage of a community, and a tourist product that reflects the culture and the tradition of the different regions, in which all the cultural expressions are included as a reminder of events, rituals and customs.

They represent the expressions of memory and collective life, essential for the creation of social bonds and the definition of identity.
This means that collective works are orally transmitted, which is why they tend to change as time passes by, by means of a communal recreational process.

Given its ephemeral nature, this heritage is highly vulnerable. Therefore, popular festivals are a tourist attraction that requires a special consideration for its development.
Fiesta Pehuén Provincial Festival in Aluminé

In this sense, it is advisable to bear in mind that the community that creates them compromises not only an economic interest, but also its own existence, inviting tourists to join them in the moment of the greatest expression of their identity.

It is difficult to specify the origin of these celebrations. Generally when an event generates great satisfaction, festivals are organized to express these positive emotions joyfully. The development of this type of events contributes to the preservation and validation of the local identity, the folklore, and the historical and artistic resources of a community, and the relationship of people with this community. As regards their benefits, popular festivals contribute to the economical growth and the social development and promotion of the regions, involving most of the times, a significant impact on local communities.

In the towns of Neuquén province popular festivals develop successfully and gather significant numbers of people.

San Sebastián festival in Las Ovejas, photo by Gabriel Bravo.

The total amount of festivals identified in the province is 71, and the greatest number of events is concentrated in the tourist areas Patagonia of Valleys and Volcanoes (34%) and Steppe of Dinosaurs.
As regards the spreading of these events throughout the year, they mostly concentrate on the months of January, February and March.

The clothes, the handicrafts, the dances, and the food are represented in a festival, and they constitute the greatest expression of the way of thinking and feeling of a town and its people; Neuquén offers festivals and events throughout the year and in the whole province.

Festivals of tourist interest in Neuquén.
This is a mention given to festivals and events celebrated in a certain place that are of great interest for tourists.

Presently many mapuche communities live in Neuquén territory, especially in Patagonia of Lakes, and they give value to their vision of the world and their customs inviting people to visit their lands and share their traditions.

This tradition is reflected on each everyday life expression of these communities. Religion, music, handicrafts and cooking keep the tradition of these people alive.

In the course of time, the mapuche people have kept the identity of their products. At present, craftsmen mainly work on weaving and wood carving and all the handicrafts are made using techniques that have been passed from generation to generation.

In the town of Villa Pehuenia, the mapuche Puel community has been running successfully, and for several years, the Batea Mahuida Snow Park.

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In the past few years, there has been a strong tendency towards tourism and recreation in contact with nature: more and more tourists wish to visit natural sites, and enjoy the peace that nature gives them.
This search to bond with nature in a more direct and active, but at the same time more responsible way, valuing and respecting the native natural and socio-cultural peculiarities of the destinations, gave life to Nature Tourism. This tourist modality looks to create a more direct relationship with nature, in which people worry for the preservation of the natural and cultural resources of the area where they practise recreational activities.

Within nature tourism, camping is one of the most practised and widely spread tourist recreational activities in the natural areas of the province, whether protected areas or not. One of the most distinctive offers of this type of spaces, and one that is on the increase, is the possibility to spend the night surrounded by nature.

With the aim of building the necessary infrastructure and facilities for the better attention of users of provincial camping areas, preserving the natural and cultural resources, and offering tourists a wide range of possibilities to enjoy a satisfying tourist recreational experience, the SubSecretary of Tourism is developing the Plan for the Strengthening of the Provincial Camping Areas of Neuquén.

What to do.
Meet people from different places, share a bonfire, go trekking, stare at the sky, go fishing, watch flora and fauna from the place, do some adventure activities, tour beautiful places on horseback or by bicycle or just sleep in touch with nature, in privileged places where camping can become the best lodging option. Those are some of the options that the camping areas of the province have to offer.

Where to camp.
Neuquén has a large amount of camping sites that offer different services depending on the tourist area and its development.

In general, the camping sites of the province are places of great scenic beauty located on the banks of lakes or mountain rivers. A high percentage of camping sites lie within the jurisdiction of national parks or natural protected areas. Besides, there are some administered by mapuche communities, which allow campers to interact with members of this interesting culture.

The greatest amount of camping sites is concentrated mostly in Patagonia of Lakes, a tourist area that is highly visited during summer by campers from different points of the country and from abroad, mainly by the seven lakes route.

However, in the rest of the tourist areas, you can find different types of camping sites, prepared to satisfy the needs of all kinds of visitors.

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